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γρῑφᾶσθαι

griphasthai

to write; to scratch, scrape (Lacon.) (H.); γριφώμενα ἀλγήματα ‘sufferings

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What it meant

1. γριφᾶσθαι · griphasthai — Beekes

γριφᾶσθαι [v.] - γράφειν, οἱ δὲ ξύειν καὶ ἀμύσσειν. Λάκωνες ‘to write; to scratch, scrape (Lacon.) (H.); γριφώμενα ἀλγήματα ‘sufferings’ (Ηρ. Prorrh. 1, 100, Erot.); the definiens γραφόμενα, ἢ ἐπανειλούμενα ‘being written or unrolled’ in H. is unclear. eETYM » σκαρίφάομαι has been compared. Perhaps also connected are » ἀγρεῖφνα, a ypign ‘harrow’. — [Beekes, s.v. γριφᾶσθαι, p. 334]

2. γριφᾶσθαι · griphasthai — Chantraine

γριφᾶσθαι : γράφειν, οἱ δὲ ξύειν καὶ ἀμύσσειν Λάκωνες (Hsch.) ; il n’est pas sûr que le γριφώμενα d'Hp. Prorrh. 1,100 soit à rattacher à ce verbe, cf. sous γὙρῖπος. Et.: Inexpliquée. Le rapprochement avec γράφω rencontre le grave obstacle du vocalisme que l’on tente d'écarter en admettant une influence analogique {de σκαριφᾶσθαι 7). On évoque d'autre part ἀγρεῖφνα, ἀγρίφη. — [Chantraine, s.v. γριφᾶσθαι, p. 251]

3. γριφᾶσθαι᾽ · griphasthai᾽ — Frisk

γριφᾶσθαι᾽ γράφειν, οἱ δὲ ξύειν καὶ ἀμύσσειν. Λάκωνες H.; γριφώμενα (ἀλγήματα Hp. Prorrk. 1, 100, Erot., H.). — Intensivbildung, mit γράφω verwandt, aber im Vokalismus nach einem unbekannten Muster (σκαριφᾶσϑαι und Verw.?, 8.d.) umgeformt. Hierher wahrscheinlich dye(e)ipva, ἀγρίφη "Egge, Harke’, s. dd. — [Frisk, s.v. γριφᾶσθαι᾽, p. 359]

4. γρῑφᾶσθαι · griphasthai — LSJ

scratch, lancinating

= γράφειν, Hsch.; also, scratch, Id.: ἀλγήματα γριφόμενα (prob. -ώμενα) lancinating pains, Hp. Prorrh. 1.100, cf. Gal. ad loc.

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